Why are two different cross-linkers necessary for actin bundle formation in vivo and what does each cross-link contribute?

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-133

  Tilney, Lewis G ^a   Connelly, Patricia S ^a   Vranich, Kelly A ^a   Shaw, Michael K ^a   Guild, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Bristles; Cross links; Drosophila; Fascin; Forked

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; PUPA; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032487531     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.1.121     Document Type: Article

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